86R6568 JG-D
By: White H.B. No. 1758
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a grant program and interagency review of resources to
support and sustain recovery community organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.02253 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.02253. RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION GRANT
PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "recovery community organization"
means a nonprofit organization that:
(1) mobilizes resources inside and outside of a local
community to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term
recovery for persons with substance use disorder and their family
members; and
(2) is wholly or partly governed by members of the
local community:
(A) at least 40 percent of whom identify as a
person recovering from a substance use disorder; and
(B) at least 40 percent of whom identify as an
affected family member of a person recovering from a substance use
disorder.
(b) The commission shall develop and operate a grant program
to award grants to recovery community organizations to:
(1) establish a network of five recovery community
organizations in geographical areas throughout this state to
provide services in one or more counties with populations of not
more than 100,000; and
(2) assist each recovery community organization
described by Subdivision (1) in developing:
(A) a structure of governance that aligns with
national best practice standards for substance use recovery
services; and
(B) a strategic plan to identify:
(i) available resources within a community
served by the recovery community organization;
(ii) the prioritized needs of a community
served by the recovery community organization;
(iii) recovery support solutions; and
(iv) short- and long-term goals for the
sustained operation of the recovery community organization and the
recovery of persons within a community served by the organization.
(c) The commission may provide a grant under Subsection (b)
only in accordance with a contract between the commission and the
recovery community organization. The contract must include
provisions under which the commission is granted sufficient control
to ensure the public purpose of substance use recovery is
accomplished and the state receives the return benefit.
(d) In addition to money appropriated by the legislature,
the commission may solicit and accept gifts, grants, or donations
from any source to administer or finance the grant program
established under this section.
SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "recovery community
organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.02253,
Government Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Each of the following state agencies shall identify
available resources under the state agency's control that may be
used to support and sustain recovery community organizations
throughout this state:
(1) the Health and Human Services Commission;
(2) the Department of State Health Services;
(3) the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(4) the Texas Education Agency;
(5) the Department of Agriculture;
(6) the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs;
(7) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
(8) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
(9) the Texas Veterans Commission; and
(10) the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2020, each state agency
described by Subsection (b) of this section shall prepare and
submit to the legislature a written report that outlines the
available resources identified by the state agency under Subsection
(b).
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement
Section 531.02253, Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.